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Stan Deal is vice president and general manager of Supply Chain Management and Operations for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Appointed to this position in August 2011, he is responsible for the overall leadership of Commercial Airplanes Supplier Management, Fabrication and Propulsion Systems and the Manufacturing and Quality functional organization. Deal reports to Jim Albaugh, president and CEO, of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

Most recently, Deal was vice president and general manager of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes Supplier Management organization. Named to this position in January 2010, he was responsible for the overall strategy, contracting, daily management and development of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes supply chain, which supports the manufacture and service of all Boeing commercial airplanes, including the 787 Dreamliner.

Prior to that, Deal was vice president of Asia Pacific Sales for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, a position he assumed in November 2006. In that position, Deal was responsible for sales in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, New Zealand, Vietnam, Hawaii and other Pacific Island markets.

Deal returned to Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 2006 after a seven-month assignment at Connexion by Boeing, where he led Boeing's orderly exit from the in-flight Internet business. As part of that assignment, he played a strategic role in managing the supply chain and partnerships throughout the shutdown of the business.

Before that, Deal was vice president of Sales and Marketing Operations, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

Previously, Deal helped launch Connexion, where he served as vice president of Global Network Sales. He led sales activities in the commercial airlines and executive services aviation markets worldwide.

Deal previously held various other positions with Boeing, including leading integrated product teams for propulsion systems and structures on the 717 program and serving as Japan Airlines program manager on the MD-11 program.

In addition to his Boeing career, Deal served as vice president and general manager for Fairchild Aerospace, where he was responsible for many commercial airliner programs, including managing the supply chain and strategy. Under his leadership, Fairchild successfully developed and introduced a new airliner program and oversaw the certification and market introduction of the 328 jet aircraft. Deal also managed recurring business for the 228 and 328 airline programs.

A native of Illinois, Deal holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.